São Paulo – State-owned company General Organization for Sugar (Gofs), from Homs, Syria, has opened an international tender for the purchase of up to 55,000 tonnes of sugar in bulk. The proposals should be sent to the company up to the 17th of this month, at 10 am, Damsucus time.
The proposals will be opened on the same day and the winner should deliver the product in up to 50 days after receipt of the letter of credit. Further information may be obtained alongside the organisation (see contact information below).
Sugar is by far the main product exported by Brazil to Syria. Last year, according to the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, bulk sugar shipments to the Arab country generated US$ 263 million, growth of 124% over 2009.
Sales of refined sugar, in turn, totalled US$ 182 million, growth of 95% in the same comparison. Syria has its own refineries, thus the lower quantity of the refined product.
Total exports to Syria reached US$ 547 million in 2010, i.e., the two types of sugar together represented 81% of shipments to the country. The commodity was also mostly responsible for the 80% increase in Brazilian sales to the Arab country last year.
Other products imported from Brazil by Syria were coffee, maize, chicken, beef, pulp, chemical wood pulp, granite, paper and steel and iron rebar.
Contacts
General Organization for Sugar
Tel.: (+963 31) 246-7600 and 246-7601
Fax: (+963 31) 246-7602 and 247-4780
E-mail: gofs-syr@net.sy
Address: PO Box 429, Homs, Syria Public Building, fourth floor
*Translated by Mark Ament
